Back in the early 2000s a cartoon channel called Teletoon went live on Canadian TV. During the day they would play western cartoons, but they had an anime segment late at night, which I'd stay up late to watch in my parents' basement. They only had a few shows on rotation at the time, and of these my favourite was Macross Plus, my favourite anime up until recently.

The fighting robots were cool and caught my attention and the production value was quite good and made for an attractive package. But what really hooked me in was the inter character intrigue they set up at the start; what made these friends grow so far apart? Will these differences ever be reconciled? The unique character driven story telling was what really got me into the show and got me hungry to see what other anime have in store.